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What Looks Good on a College Application?
What really looks good on a college application? Make an impact and demonstrate intellectual curiosity.
October 9, 2025
What really looks good on a college application? Make an impact and demonstrate intellectual curiosity.
Wondering whether you can make changes to your Common App after you’ve already submitted it? New Jersey Educational Consultant Andrea Aronson answers this and more.
Great College Essays start with great topics. Here we decode the Common App prompt that focuses on an interest that you find particularly captivating.
How do your beliefs and ideas shape who you are as a person? The Common Application prompt that focuses on how those beliefs or ideas were challenged can reveal a…
Great College Advice examines the Common App prompt focused on an accomplishment, event, or realization that led to personal growth.
One of the Common App prompts asks you to recount a time in which you failed. This essay requires that you show both humility and maturity.
Crossing off a few of your college application to-do’s this summer will help you stay in control of the college admissions process. Here’s the summer application checklist for rising seniors.
Did you apply for an honors program? Are you trying to decide if it is worth participating? Read more to learn about the benefits of joining an honors program.
Not sure what to write about for your Common Application college essay? Never fear: you can write about virtually anything–as long as your essay contains fundamental elements. Read Mark’s tips…